Earlier in the year, during the Eurobank affair, the prosecution had been forced to disclose that the United Kingdom Government, by consent of the Governor and with the assistance of MI6, had planted agents into the banking sector and implemented telephone taps.
A principios del año, durante el caso Eurobank, la fiscalía se vio obligada a divulgar que el Gobierno del Reino Unido, con el consentimiento del Gobernador y la asistencia del MI6, habría infiltrado agentes en el sector bancario e interceptado conversaciones telefónicas.